Phenom Freshman Darius Taylor Announces He’s Staying in Minnesota
It’s transfer portal season and every team around the country has a player or two that they are deathly afraid of losing. For the University of Minnesota, that player is phenom freshman running back, Darius Taylor, who won Big Ten Freshman of the Week three of the five weeks he played this season.
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The only two weeks he didn’t win freshman of the week honors, he totaled just 17 carries. In the three games he took 20 or more carries, he rushed for 529 yards and four touchdowns.
| Rush | Rush | Rush | Rush | Rece | Rece | Rece | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg |
| 2023-08-31 | Nebraska | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023-09-09 | Eastern Michigan | 33 | 193 | 5.8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 |
| 2023-09-16 | North Carolina | 22 | 138 | 6.3 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 2023-09-23 | Northwestern | 31 | 198 | 6.4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 |
| 2023-10-21 | Iowa | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 |
| 5 Games | 103 | 591 | 5.7 | 4 | 9 | 81 | 9.0 |
Darius Taylor announces return to Minnesota Gophers
On Saturday afternoon, Taylor decided their was no reason to have fans panicking about his eventual departure, when it wasn’t going to happen. So, he made an announcement via Twitter, to put the Minnesota fanbase at ease.
Thanks to his partnership with the U of M collective, Dinkytown Athletes, Darius Taylor is returning to the Gophers for his sophomore season in 2024.
Thank you Gopher fans for supporting me during my time in Minnesota.Thank you to my TEAM who has made this a world class experience. After talking with my family and taking time to think I have decided to come back for another year with Dinkytown Athletes. Who's going to join me? pic.twitter.com/VZTOqXrsPX
— Darius Taylor💫 (@Dariustay1or) December 2, 2023
Obviously, Taylor’s biggest problem this season was staying healthy. . If he can stay on the field next year, it would go a long ways in erasing what happened to this program in 2023, the worst season of the PJ Fleck era in Minnesota.
Because magic happens when this kid gets the ball in his hands.
WATCH: Minnesota RB Darius Taylor (@Dariustay1or) reached a max speed of 20.5 mph on this 43-yard touchdown. #ReelSpeed
— Reel Analytics (@RAanalytics) September 25, 2023
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